Calf tattoo ideas

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Two matching colour tattoos on a pair of limbs, each with script lettering, a swirl of stars, a crescent moon and an orange and blue heart, placed on the calf.
Matching lettering and star tattoos on two limbs
Two people show matching black lettering reading "you're my person" with a small red heart on their calves.
Matching "you're my person" tattoos on calves
Colour tattoo of a red-hatted garden gnome with a white beard and blue jacket, holding a brown case, on a lower leg.
Red-hatted garden gnome on a lower leg
Dotwork solar system tattoo wrapping a lower leg, with a sun with a red-orange centre near the knee and shaded planets, including Saturn, on orbit lines.
Solar system with sun on a lower leg
Black botanical tattoo of a leafy sprig with four pairs of hatched leaves on a stem, on the calf.
Leafy sprig on a calf
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a witch in a pointed hat riding a broomstick, with dotwork stippling behind her, on a calf.
Witch on a broomstick silhouette on a calf
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dragon's head and wing above a sword on the calf, with a black silhouette and pink and purple wash.
Dragon and sword on a calf
Black and grey traditional-style ram head tattoo on a lower leg, beside a colourful design on the calf of a cyclist riding a red bicycle.
Ram head tattoo and colour calf design on a cyclist
Traditional style tattoo of two colourful mandala flowers with dark green serrated leaves on a calf.
Traditional mandala flowers on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a bat head with a crescent moon and star above it, placed on the calf.
Bat head and crescent moon on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a cabin under pine trees and a moon, on the calf of a leg above brown suede boots.
Cabin and pine trees on a calf
Colour and grey tattoo of an ornate oval mirror with red script reading Create Yourself, a red lipstick and a shaded grey rose, on the calf.
Mirror, rose and lipstick on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue anime-style character inside a yellow card frame labelled The Rain, sitting on the lower leg.
Anime-style Rain card tattoo on a lower leg
Solid black ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow and two stylised faces, sitting on the calf in a traditional style.
Ornate key on a calf
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing a woman in profile and a tabby cat facing each other inside a black heart, with flowers and the words BOYS WHATEVER and CATS FOREVER.
Woman and cat in a heart on a calf
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a figure leaning forward with long hair and a dark jacket, placed on the calf.
Leaning figure silhouette tattoo on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo down a lower leg showing a spread-winged eagle, a woman's head, an eye and a clock on a purple base.
Traditional leg tattoo with eagle, woman and clock
Close-up of the back of a leg in pink running shoes, with black arrows and red block lettering reading PLEASE GO AROUND on the calf.
Please Go Around arrows on a calf
Overhead photo of black and grey blackwork tattoos on a thigh and calf, including a skull with a sun motif and a mandala, with henna and gold temporary designs on a hand.
Black and grey mandala and skull tattoos on legs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of three roses, a rosebud and leaves on a lower leg, drawn with fine linework and light shading.
Black and grey roses on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a songbird perched on a floral teacup and saucer, on the lower leg.
Songbird on a teacup and saucer
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a HOGWARTS banner above it and a Latin motto ribbon below, on the calf.
Hogwarts crest on a calf
Colour botanical tattoo of a flower bouquet on a calf, featuring a pink peony, purple lisianthus, crocus, poppy and red berries in a Botanical style.
Botanical flower bouquet on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of two otters holding hands on the lower leg.
Two otters holding hands
Colour floral vine tattoo with black swirling linework running from the calf down over the ankle, with a large blue and purple flower near the ankle bone.
Floral vine tattoo on ankle and calf
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink cherry blossoms and a grey folding fan in Japanese style on a calf.
Hello Kitty with cherry blossom and fan
Colour tattoo of the cartoon sea witch Ursula with white hair and dark tentacles, shown on a calf.
Ursula sea witch tattoo on a calf
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling cartoon hamburger with raised arms and music notes, on a lower leg.
Cartoon hamburger with music notes on a calf
Colour and black ink tattoo of a lace-style flower and a pink peony on a calf, in a botanical style.
Lace and peony flowers on a calf
Two colour tattoos of cats in ornate gilt-style frames on the lower legs of a person sitting on wooden stairs, placed on the calf.
Cat portraits in ornate frames on the calves
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon character riding a chained grey wrecking ball with a sad face, on the calf.
Cartoon character on a wrecking ball, calf
Colour fine line tattoo of a dragonfly with patterned blue, green and orange wings and purple vine swirls on a lower leg.
Patterned dragonfly with swirls on a calf
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a central flower and scrollwork border, with a small fleur-de-lis above it, on the calf.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis on a leg
Colour tattoo of a minion dressed as the Joker, with green hair, purple suit, red tie and goggles, holding a toy gun and a BANG flag, on a lower leg.
Minion dressed as the Joker on a calf
Realistic pink and teal roses with grey shaded leaves tattooed on a leg, with a bathtub visible in the background.
Pink and teal roses on a leg
Three side-by-side views of a black and coloured tribal-style tattoo on a calf, with a sun-like motif, triangles and stars, shown in red, blue and black ink.
Tribal calf sleeve with stars
Back view of two black typewriter-style lettering tattoos reading Clutch and Gas, one on each calf.
Clutch and Gas words on two calves
Black tribal howling wolf tattoo on the lower leg, drawn in bold solid black linework with spiral details.
Tribal howling wolf on a lower leg
Fresh colour tattoo of three circular icons in red, orange and green with white line detail on a calf, covered in clear film and green tape.
Three coloured circle icons on a calf
Colour tattoo of a bird with spread wings in pink, yellow and blue, shown on the calf of a leg with flip flops at the top of the frame.
Colourful bird in flight on a lower leg
Black and grey shark jaw tattoo with rows of teeth, shaded in greys, on a lower limb.
Shark jaw tattoo on a lower leg
Solid black Guy Fawkes mask tattoo in a blackwork style on the calf.
Guy Fawkes mask on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a dachshund wearing a top hat and feather in a gold frame with pink background, on the calf.
Dachshund in top hat in an ornate frame on a calf
Colour and black line tattoo of a stitched girl doll, a teddy bear and red hearts with bandages and pins, on a calf.
Stitched dolls and hearts on a calf
Colour tattoo of two cartoon-style trees with pink and orange puffy crowns and striped trunks on the calf.
Two cartoon trees on a calf
Two traditional colour tattoos on a calf: a blue heart reading eat me beside a pink bottle reading drink me, both with flowers and leaves.
Eat me heart and drink me bottle on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a dagger, an AS IF banner, red flowers and green leaves on a leg.
Traditional heart with dagger and AS IF banner
A woman's leg covered in black and grey tattoos from thigh to calf, wearing black high heels, with a person in jeans leaning against a wall beside her.
Leg tattoos with high heels on a cobbled street